Genre: Poetry
National Black Writers Conference Biennial Symposium
The 2023 National Black Writers Conference Biennial Symposium was held from March 31 to April 1 in the Edison O. Jackson Auditorium at Medgar Evers College, as well as online. The symposium will featured scholarly presentations, roundtable discussions, readings, and an awards presentation. This year’s theme was Diasporic Visions: A Celebration of Black Speculative Fiction. Participating writers included poet, fiction, and nonfiction writer Jewelle Gomez; fiction writer L. Penelope; fiction writers and memoirists Tananarive Due and Wayétu Moore; and fiction writer and essayist Nisi Shawl.
Type:
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?:
yes
Event Date:
July 23, 2025
Rolling Admissions:
yes
Application Deadline:
July 23, 2025
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
July 23, 2025
Free Admission:
no
Contact Information:
National Black Writers Conference Biennial Symposium, Center for Black Literature, Medgar Evers College, City University of New York, 1638 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225.
Contact City:
Brooklyn
Contact State:
NY
Contact Zip / Postal Code:
11225
Country:
US
University of Illinois, Chicago
MA Program
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Chicago, IL
Application Deadline:
Sun, 02/15/2026
Application Fee:
$70
Bard College
MFA Program
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Application Deadline:
Wed, 01/07/2026
Application Fee:
$65
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Tags:
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Oklahoma State University
MFA Program
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Stillwater, OK
Application Deadline:
Mon, 01/05/2026
Application Fee:
$50 for domestic and $75 for international
Affiliated Publications/Publishers:
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
MFA Program
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
Tuscaloosa, AL
Application Deadline:
Mon, 12/01/2025
Application Fee:
$65 ($85 for international applicants)
Affiliated Publications/Publishers:
Bath Spa University
MA Program
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Bath, England
Application Deadline:
Rolling Admissions
Application Fee:
$0
Nottingham Trent University
MA Program
Poetry, Fiction, Cross-Genre
Nottingham, England
Application Deadline:
Rolling Admissions
Application Fee:
$0
Affiliated Publications/Publishers:
Each year, the MA in Creative Writing students at Nottingham Trent University publish an annual anthology of creative writing. The program also has close links with the Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature, the TLS, and other literary organizations, publishers and agents, as well as publications and presses including the staff-run New Walk Editions and Erbacce. There are also prestigious work experience placements and writers' residencies available only to successful applicants from our program.
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